"avuncular" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Engels]

IPA: /ə.ˈvʏŋ.kjʊ.ˌlə/, /ə.ˈvʏŋ.kjʊ.ˌlɚ/ Audio: en-us-avuncular.ogg
  1. te maken hebbend met een oom
    Sense id: nl-avuncular-en-adj-LIs2A9Th Categories (other): Familie_in_het_Engels Topics: familiar
  2. vaderlijk, vriendelijk, welwillend, tolerant
    Sense id: nl-avuncular-en-adj-65dbrztS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: uncle
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "materteral"
    },
    {
      "word": "materterine"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Achtervoegsel -ar in het Engels",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Bijvoeglijk naamwoord in het Engels",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels met IPA-weergave",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels met audioweergave",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels van lengte 9",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Afgeleid van het Latijnse avunculus (oom van moederskant) met het achtervoegsel -ar."
  ],
  "hyphenation": "a·vun·cu·lar",
  "lang": "Engels",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Bijvoeglijk naamwoord",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "uncle"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Familie_in_het_Engels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to be rigorously unsentimental in the discharge of their avuncular obligations.",
          "translation": "Oom Frank en oom Stephen Austen hadden er beiden een erezaak van gemaakt zich rigoureus ongevoelig te gedragen bij het vervullen van hun verplichtingen als ooms."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "te maken hebbend met een oom"
      ],
      "id": "nl-avuncular-en-adj-LIs2A9Th",
      "topics": [
        "familiar"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Thornton's reputation was that of a soft-hearted and avuncular veterinarian known for getting teary-eyed while listening to even slightly sentimental stories.",
          "translation": "Thornton had de reputatie een goedhartige, brave dierenarts te zijn, die er bekend om stond dat hij tranen in de ogen kreeg telkens hij naar ook maar enigszins sentimentele verhalen luisterde."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vaderlijk, vriendelijk, welwillend, tolerant"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ə.ˈvʏŋ.kjʊ.ˌlə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ə.ˈvʏŋ.kjʊ.ˌlɚ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "avuncular"
}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "materteral"
    },
    {
      "word": "materterine"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Achtervoegsel -ar in het Engels",
    "Bijvoeglijk naamwoord in het Engels",
    "Woorden in het Engels",
    "Woorden in het Engels met IPA-weergave",
    "Woorden in het Engels met audioweergave",
    "Woorden in het Engels van lengte 9"
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    "Afgeleid van het Latijnse avunculus (oom van moederskant) met het achtervoegsel -ar."
  ],
  "hyphenation": "a·vun·cu·lar",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Bijvoeglijk naamwoord",
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    {
      "word": "uncle"
    }
  ],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to be rigorously unsentimental in the discharge of their avuncular obligations.",
          "translation": "Oom Frank en oom Stephen Austen hadden er beiden een erezaak van gemaakt zich rigoureus ongevoelig te gedragen bij het vervullen van hun verplichtingen als ooms."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "te maken hebbend met een oom"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "familiar"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Thornton's reputation was that of a soft-hearted and avuncular veterinarian known for getting teary-eyed while listening to even slightly sentimental stories.",
          "translation": "Thornton had de reputatie een goedhartige, brave dierenarts te zijn, die er bekend om stond dat hij tranen in de ogen kreeg telkens hij naar ook maar enigszins sentimentele verhalen luisterde."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vaderlijk, vriendelijk, welwillend, tolerant"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ə.ˈvʏŋ.kjʊ.ˌlə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ə.ˈvʏŋ.kjʊ.ˌlɚ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "avuncular"
}

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